LinuxBIOS questions

[ron minnich]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Armijn Hemel wrote:

> for the Dutch Linux Magazine (http://www.linuxmag.nl/) I'm writing an
> article about open source hardware and LinuxBIOS is one of the projects
> I will mention. I have a question which does not seem to be answered
> in the FAQ.

no, we reprogram machines all the time without yanking the flash or 
inserting ZIF. We just reprogrammed linuxbios on a 1024-node cluster, 
for example, and we did not yank any parts. BUT, you'd better have a 
working linuxbios for that system! You have to test it on a development 
system. 

> Do I really need to remove the normal BIOS from a machine, insert a ZIF
> socket, etc.? 

No, but the FLASH process will replace that BIOS with linuxbios. 


Sorry about your Dell, but Dell has been very unwilling to help, so I 
don't think it will work.

ron